For U.S. Space Force, Raymond’s retirement marks the end of an era Original Publication Date: 2022-10-30 09:01 Gen. John “Jay” Raymond will relinquish command to Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to attend the change-of-command ceremony. As the first official ...

DART collides with asteroid in planetary defense test Original Publication Date: 2022-09-26 23:59 NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft hit Dimorphos. The asteroid is about 160 meters across orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos. DART launched last November as NASA’s first ...

SLS to roll back to VAB as hurricane approaches Florida Original Publication Date: 2022-09-26 15:29 NASA will move the Space Launch System rocket from its launch pad back to the VAB. The move is a precaution given the approach of what is now Hurricane Ian to Florida. The rollback is scheduled ...

NASA declares SLS tanking test a success Original Publication Date: 2022-09-22 03:41 NASA says it completed all the objectives of a Space Launch System tanking test. Test was designed to confirm that changes would prevent hydrogen leaks seen in previous launch attempt. Early in the test, ...

Lander companies prepare to shoot for the moon Original Publication Date: 2022-09-21 14:54 NASA has issued task orders for eight missions to five companies. Some of those companies are finally getting close to flying their missions. Another company, though, has stumbled long before taking its ...

Astro Digital Q&A: Taking smallsats to the mainstream Original Publication Date: 2022-08-11 11:01 Astro Digital started out in 2015 with plans for an Earth observation constellation. The company pivoted three years later to instead provide its small satellite technology as a service. SpaceNews ...

NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch Roman Space Telescope Original Publication Date: 2022-07-19 23:10 NASA has selected SpaceX to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The contract is valued at $255 million for the launch and other mission-related costs. Roman is the next large, or ...

DirecTV says 5G plan would degrade satellite TV reception Original Publication Date: 2022-07-18 23:14 DirecTV: Mobile operations in the band would cause extensive harmful interference. Both Dish and DirecTV are already using frequencies in the band to provide linear TV programming. OneWeb and ...

New head of Space Force acquisitions looks to get back to basics Original Publication Date: 2022-06-24 22:03:52+00:00 Frank Calvelli is assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration. One of his first moves will be to impose discipline into acquisitions. Calvelli ...

Astra launch of NASA TROPICS cubesats fails Original Publication Date: 2022-06-12 19:02:19+00:00 Astra's Rocket 3.3 vehicle, designated LV0010, lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:43 p.m. Eastern. The launch was the first of three for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure ...